I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 93

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 093

Discovery

Matsuna Clan Shrine.

Jinhyeok, who had been guided up, closed both eyes.

No one had grabbed him by the collar, so why was it so hard to breathe?

‘I suppose these are indeed people who came to the martial arts exchange meeting.’

He opened his eyes slightly and looked around at those gathered not far away.

Each one of them had an extraordinary aura.

The Genex Jin Family had also become extremely serious the moment they arrived at the shrine.

He closed his eyes, pretending to meditate.

He wasn’t confident.

Could a homebody who was naturally far from being serious fit into that atmosphere?

‘Regarding becoming a useless decoration.’

While such boring time was continuing.

Kancheo, who was in stealth, stepped on his thigh and climbed up to his shoulder.

“Commander. As the deputy commander of the Yodel Ranger unit, I want to go on a reconnaissance mission. May I go?”

“Don’t break stealth. You understand, right?”

“That’s a red radish stick!”

He probably meant to say ‘Of course, boss!’

After understanding well on his own, he surveyed the shrine.

“Since skilled people have gathered, you might be detected. What did I tell you to do then?”

“I don’t know the commander at all!”

“Right. We’re meeting for the first time.”

“That’s sad!”

“It’s just pretending. We’re the closest friends.”

“Puhehehe. Right! Then I’ll be back!”

Kancheo jumped down and ran away with a patter-patter-patter.

Even if not just for Muramasa, it wouldn’t hurt to understand the shrine’s structure in advance.

Jinhyeok, who had been watching the direction Kancheo ran, closed his eyes again.

For some reason, an old man was approaching this way.

“Hehehe. Are you meditating?”

Jinhyeok opened his eyes, pretending to be refreshed.

“Yes. The air is so good that I couldn’t help but meditate.”

“Hehehe. You’re a young man who knows something.”

The kind-looking old man burst into hearty laughter.

Long white hair and a drooping mustache.

If there were immortals, wouldn’t they look like this?

“I’m called Matsuna Gaigen. What’s your name?”

The old man introduced himself and extended his hand.

Jinhyeok snapped to attention at the familiar name.

Gaigen.

That was the name of the Matsuna Clan’s previous head.

“I’m called Yoo Jin-hyeok.”

He grasped Gaigen’s hand, pretending to be as nonchalant as possible.

His first impression was so gentle that he hadn’t expected it at all.

He thought a martial family head would have an impression that clearly said ‘I’m incredibly strict!’

“Huh?”

Even after shaking hands up and down a couple times, Gaigen didn’t let go of Jinhyeok’s hand.

Gaigen pressed and turned it, examining it closely.

“Do you also train separately?”

These kinds of calluses aren’t made by just casually pretending.

“Yes. In my spare time after tower climbing, I’m always swinging a sword.”

“Oh! Excellent, excellent!”

Gaigen burst into pleased laughter.

He couldn’t help it.

It had been far too long since he’d met such a sincere young man.

A world where awakening appeared along with the Tower of Despair.

There are more than enough people who want to become strong.

But they don’t train.

They only try to earn money, get equipment, and then climb the tower.

It’s not that this is wrong.

It’s true that climbing levels you up and makes you that much stronger.

Still, the bitterness was unavoidable.

Because buried in such easy methods, the importance of training – the foundation and qualification of strength – had been forgotten.

“So, you came with Genex? Jin Tae-gon will be pleased. Come this way. I’ll guide you. The exchange meeting will start soon.”

“Thank you.”

He got up from his seat and followed Gaigen.

People who showed respect without exception at the sudden appearance of the former head.

“Who’s the one next to him?”

“Well. It’s a face I’ve never seen. Seeing him with Gaigen-nim, is he from a Japanese family?”

Murmuring that reached his unnecessarily healthy ears.

He had unintentionally stood out from the start of the exchange meeting.

“…?”

Jin Seo-hee, whom he met shortly after, showed a question mark.

A face drawn with the question mark of ‘Why are you there?’

‘That’s how it happened.’

He nodded with melancholy eyes and then stepped into the exchange meeting hall.

The number of families participating in the exchange meeting was six.

Perhaps because of that, the exchange meeting hall was also a modest size, not very large.

Participants from a couple of families who were already seated.

They didn’t even know Gaigen had come and were continuing their conversation in a friendly manner.

“The exchange meeting is a place to share martial arts. Yet more and more people are treating it like a social gathering between companies or families.”

Gaigen drew a bitter smile.

“Even knowing it’s an unavoidable change, it’s not easy to accept. Being old makes it quite difficult to keep up.”

Jinhyeok stared at Gaigen’s back.

He almost said ‘No way. You’re still in your prime!’

It must be because he had a 3,271-year-old friend and a friend over 1,000 years old.

“This is Genex’s seat. They’ll come in soon, so sit and wait.”

Gaigen requested another handshake.

“Let’s meet again.”

“Yes. I’ll see you again.”

After smiling once, Gaigen moved to the head seat.

After waiting a bit at his seat, the people who had been outside entered the exchange meeting hall one by one.

‘That person must be the head.’

A large man entering alongside the Genex family.

It was Matsuna Kyuto, the current head.

People exchanged greetings and positioned themselves in their respective seats.

Kyuto, who had been heading toward where Gaigen was, stopped walking.

It was exactly in front of Jinhyeok.

“Hello. I’m Yoo Jin-hyeok, who came with the Genex family.”

He greeted politely, but no response came back.

Gyuto quietly stared at the man who seemed withdrawn.

Though he had courteously revealed his name, Gyuto didn’t pay attention.

Because he wasn’t particularly curious.

The name of some nobody who visited here for purposes other than martial arts, that is.

‘Show him Muramasa?’

He desperately held back the sneer that was about to burst out.

Since Jin Tae-gon had asked, he didn’t refuse immediately out of consideration for his reputation.

However, he had no intention whatsoever of showing it to a human who seemed so distant from martial arts.

For someone unqualified to cast their gaze or lay their hands on it.

It would be an unforgivable act against Muramasa, called a legendary sword.

Gyuto turned his head sharply and moved his steps again.

Jin Tae-gon watched Gyuto entering his seat and moving away.

“What did he say?”

“He didn’t say anything.”

He decided not to mention the glare that looked ready to devour him.

Jin Tae-gon let out a groan.

“I made the request, but it doesn’t seem like he’ll show it easily. Sorry. I wasn’t much help.”

“Not at all. I’m grateful just that you spoke to him.”

Jinhyeok let out a small sigh.

The atmosphere suggested he’d be kicked out immediately the moment he mentioned Muramasa’s name.

But he wasn’t too worried.

The Matsuna family valued martial arts above all else.

Because it was such a family, there was still a possibility.

He raised his head and stared at Gyuto and Gaigun.

He intended to show the two people who held the decision-making power.

That he wasn’t just some nobody.

Thud thud thud thud thud swoosh.

Thud thud thud thud swoosh.

Kancheo crossed the garden and hid his body in the grass.

Kancheo peeked out his twitching ears and eyes to survey the surroundings.

There wasn’t anything particularly worth being wary of, but letting one’s guard down was forbidden.

‘Where is Muramasa?!’

He had grasped the overall structure of the shrine.

Since they said it was important to the family, it would be in a place where other people’s footsteps wouldn’t reach.

That door with the bizarre patterns drawn on it looked suspicious.

‘Infiltration continues!’

Kancheo emerged from the bushes, ran, and leaped toward the door.

The perfect plan was to jump over in one bound, survey the other side, then deactivate stealth.

Grab!

However, a variable occurred in the perfect plan.

Someone’s hand had grabbed Kancheo’s head.

‘Eh?’

It was bewildering.

For the Yodel Ranger vice-captain to be discovered by someone during reconnaissance.

It was an impossible occurrence.

Kancheo turned his trembling eyes to the side.

“What? What is this cute creature?”

A woman with bright yellow hair thrust her face forward with a clear voice.

“You can see me?!”

“Puhahahaha! Your way of speaking is totally weird!”

The woman laughed once and pointed to one side.

A full-length mirror positioned in an unexpected place.

Light reflected from there was illuminating Kancheo.

“No matter what ability you use, you can’t hide from this mirror. There are many hidden class craftsmen unknown to the world, right?”

Kancheo racked his brain.

Escape would be simple if he just deactivated stealth, but he hadn’t found Muramasa’s location yet.

Anyway, it would be fine as long as his connection to Jinhyeok wasn’t discovered.

Since his appearance was already discovered, he decided to find Muramasa before returning.

“So, what are you? A raccoon? A badger?”

“Neither.”

“Then what?”

“It’s a secret. What are you?”

“Me? Matsuna Hiyori. Japan’s official ranking 7th place. How about that?”

“How about what?”

Hiyori lifted her hair to show a ponytail style.

“Pretty, right?”

‘She’s crazy.’

“You cursed at me in your mind, didn’t you?”

“Mind reading?”

“At least you’re honest.”

“My ears feel like they’re going to be pulled off.”

“Ah, sorry.”

Hiyori released Kancheo.

‘What is this girl really?’

She clearly wasn’t a monster.

Because there couldn’t be such a cute monster.

Looking closely, she seemed similar to Konu, the tower resident he met on the 10th floors of the Tower of Despair.

“Ah!”

Startled, Kancheo pointed behind Hiyori’s back.

“Hm?”

Hiyori reflexively turned around.

Not missing that opportunity, Kancheo threw his body outside the mirror’s reflection angle.

Thud thud thud thud thud thud thud!

And quickly ran to the house inside the courtyard.

If they had hidden treasure, it would definitely be here.

He needed to check inside the house.

“Cute to the very end.”

Hiyori raised the corners of her mouth.

The raccoon had moved away from the mirror and was no longer visible.

For some reason, even his presence had completely disappeared.

But it didn’t matter.

Hiyori brought her finger to the blade of the crescent moon blade she was holding.

And as she released her ability.

Woooooooooong…!!

The vibration that started there spread through the air.

Before long, Hiyori opened her eyes.

‘Found you. Raccoon.’

Hiyori smiled and kicked off the ground.

Kancheo was just climbing up to the house.

Kancheo’s face turned pale as he glanced back.

‘Oh, he’s coming!!!’

He doesn’t look fast, so why is he so quick?

The distance closed in an instant.

Now it’s do or die.

Kancheo ran openly and slid open the sliding door in front of him.

At the same time, Hiyori grabbed Kancheo’s head again.

“I’m not letting you go this time.”

Kancheo looked up and met Hiyori’s eyes.

“Puhehehe! I don’t care!”

Kancheo stuck out his tongue and waved his hand with the most infuriating face in the world.

“Bye-bye!”

“Bye-bye my ass…?!”

Hiyori’s eyes widened.

The raccoon had vanished as if it had never existed.

It wasn’t simply hiding its appearance.

It had literally evaporated.

“What the hell.”

Hiyori muttered to herself and looked up.

Yodo Muramasa positioned right in front.

The raccoon had disappeared as if satisfied the moment it saw that sword.

‘A raccoon and Muramasa.’

Hiyori scratched her head after thinking for a moment.

What the hell is this really?

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